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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD

It happens to everyone. We’ve knocked over* a cup of coffee. If we are lucky, we don’t spill* it on our computer or ruin the keyboards. Now a magic mug called Mighty Mug created by Jayme Smaldone and a team of designers and mechanical engineers can help you over-come your biological instincts and save your precious coffee from spilling over.

Mighty Mug is a no-spill mug that uses Smartgrip technology to create an air-tight seal against fl at surfaces

so it can’t be knocked over. It only lifts in one direction: up. Whether you’re reaching for a drink in the living room, at the offi ce, or outside, you don’t have to worry about kids playing, tails wagging, or people (including you) accidentally bumping into it.

Smart Grip technology is the power behind Mighty Mug. It allows a Mighty Mug to grip down on a fl at, smooth service and stay in place if accidentally bumped or knocked into as you move about the world.

The team of designers behind this liquid life saver adapted its tip-proof mecha-nism to different drinking vessels. Coffee drinkers will probably opt for the stain-less steel travel mug. This double-walled and vacuum-

sealed mug keeps a drink hot for 6 hours or cold for 12. If you’re chilling on the porch on a sunny day, the tumbler is a good choice. It keeps the ice crisp and your hands dry. Finally, the tough, shatter-proof pint* glasses come in pairs so you can share the tip-proof experience with a friend. Whether you use one to protect your keyboard from a spill or just dare a guest to try to tip it, Mighty Mug is as practical as it is impressive. (SD-Agencies)

The mug that won’t fall 碰不倒的杯子,再也不用担心水洒在文件或电脑上了

Two London-based companies Direct Line and Umbrellium have designed Starling Cross-ing, an interactive crosswalk that responds dynamically to its environment.

During rush hour, it auto-matically swells* to accom-modate more pedestrians*. At quiet times, it disappears.

If someone is playing on their phone while crossing, a warning pattern would appear on the ground to alert both them and nearby vehicles to the danger.

The Starling Crossing keeps that familiar “zebra” pattern, but because its mark-ings emerge from a 23-meter by 7.5-meter waterproof net-work of LED* lights embed-ded into the road, it is able to modify its layout, size and even color on demand.

Two cameras positioned at opposite ends of the road are programmed to take about 25 images of the street per second. The crossing’s cen-tral processing unit processes these images, distinguishing * between pedestrians, cyclists and cars. (SD-Agencies)

Smart Crossing for pedestrian safety英国创建智能斑马线

Japan’s intense work culture may be put to the test by a new drone, circling over the heads of over-industrious employees and blasting* out loud music in an attempt to make them go home.

On December 7, the com-panies Taisei, NTT East and Blue Innovation unveiled their new T-Frend drone, which hovers* around the heads of workers clocking in overtime. It plays “Auld Lang Syne,” an 18th-century Scottish ballad better known in Japan for telling shop cus-tomers it’s closing time.

T-Frend can take a pre-programmed fl ight across the offi ce autonomously, using its sensors to navi-gate around walls and other obstacles while staying at a certain height to avoid papers fl ying up from its propellers*. As well as an end-of-work alarm, T-Rend also functions as a security drone, fi lming surveillance* footage and storing the data on an SD card*. The drone’s developers are also consid-ering outfi tting it with facial recognition technology to help spot burglars and other intruders after-hours.

T-Frend is expected to be launched in April 2018, with a target price of around 500,000 yen (around US$4,400) a month. (SD-Agencies)

Singing drones combat over-! me culture唱歌无人机催促加班员工回家

There are tons of great-look-ing video games coming out in 2017. Many of these are Western releases, but a huge number of fantastic titles are coming out of Japan also.

In any case, here’s a list of three of all the best (or at least most important) video games currently announced for a 2017 release.‘Arms’

“Arms” is perhaps both the most and least Nintendo-like game the company has ever made. It’s gloriously fun and with its mixtures of modes, option for motion controls and more serious online competition, has enough going on to satisfy casual

Nintendo players and more dedicated fi ght fans.‘Super Mario Odyssey’

“Super Mario Odyssey” is, in many ways, the greatest digital holiday you will ever take. Mario’s unique brand of nimble* athletics has never felt better, while the new ability to inhabit various creatures via his ghostly hat pal Cappy opens up a pleth-ora of new possibilities. ‘Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’

A major change of pace for the “Resident Evil” franchise, “Biohazard” is a fi rst-person horror game with little in the way of shooting guns, and lots of running away and hiding. It looks actually scary, too, and

has a VR game mode. Vastly more intimate and earthy than the globe-trotting gun-fest that “Resident Evil” had become, it is a success, pro-viding a rich, atmospheric and reverent* chiller that is just silly enough to make sure we are all having fun.

Other best games for 2017 include “Cuphead,”“Lone Echo,”“Destiny 2,”“What Remains of Edith Finch,”“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus,”“Mario +Rabbids: Kingdom Battle,”“Persona 5,”“PlayerUnknown’s Bat-tlegrounds,” “Horizon: Zero Dawn” and “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.” (SD-Agencies)

The best video games of 2017

2017年最佳游戏榜单出炉

“Arms”“Arms”